BaroStick

Measuring barometric pressure and air temperature with a USB stick

These days USB sticks are available for all kinds of applications, ranging from the storage of data to the measurement of temperature. USB sticks to measure barometric pressure are still quite rare however. The USB barometric pressure sensor described here uses a Bosch sensor to measure the air pressure and temperature, after which this data can be displayed graphically and stored using Windows software.

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